The Nocturnes of Chopin (open access)

The Nocturnes of Chopin

John Field (1782-1837), an Irishman, was the first composer to use the French term "nocturne," and was the inventor of the nocturne for piano. It can be seen with a glance at the scores that the orchestral notturni by the eighteenth century composers were very different than what is generally thought of today as a nocturne. Field introduced the idea of the nocturne that has remained much the same since. Frederic Chopin enlarged and improved the genre invented by Field, but it was Field's originality that brought this type of piece to piano literature. Indeed, John Field is hardly remembered today except as the inventor of the nocturne for the piano and for his influence on Chopin's Nocturnes. For that alone musicians will remain indebted to him.
Date: June 1957
Creator: Alexander, Monte Hill Davis
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Three Sonatas for Solo Brass Instruments and Piano by Paul Hindemith (open access)

A Comparative Study of Three Sonatas for Solo Brass Instruments and Piano by Paul Hindemith

In the years during the writing of The Craft of Musical Composition, and for the next few years afterwards, Hindemith was engaged in writing a solo sonata for each of the instruments of the orchestra. Muser states that this series of sonatas continues a definite policy of providing music for people who want to play music, and not merely to listen to it. The three sonatas for solo brass instruments and piano were written during this period. The sonatas, written for trumpet, horn, and trombone, were written in the following order: Sonata for Trumpet and Piano—1939; Sonata for Horn and Piano—1939; Sonata for Trombone and Piano—1941. These sonatas, being written rather closely together, should have certain stylistic characteristics in common, and there should also be certain features peculiar to each sonata. To study these sonatas and compare them with each other structurally and stylistically is the purpose of this work.
Date: June 1957
Creator: Alley, Edward Lee
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Parish Post (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 7, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 21, 1959 (open access)

The Parish Post (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 7, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 21, 1959

Weekly Catholic newspaper from Corpus Christi, Texas that includes news of interest to the Corpus Christi Catholic community along with advertising.
Date: June 21, 1959
Creator: Baca, Allen
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Parish Post (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 14, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 7, 1959 (open access)

The Parish Post (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 14, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 7, 1959

Weekly Catholic newspaper from Corpus Christi, Texas that includes news of interest to the Corpus Christi Catholic community along with advertising.
Date: June 7, 1959
Creator: Baca, Allen
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Parish Post (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 17, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 28, 1959 (open access)

The Parish Post (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 17, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 28, 1959

Weekly Catholic newspaper from Corpus Christi, Texas that includes news of interest to the Corpus Christi Catholic community along with advertising.
Date: June 28, 1959
Creator: Baca, Allen
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Monthly Average Prices of Cattle at Fort Worth, 1951-1952, With Some Consideration of Factors Involved in the 1952 Price Drop (open access)

Monthly Average Prices of Cattle at Fort Worth, 1951-1952, With Some Consideration of Factors Involved in the 1952 Price Drop

This report consists of a presentation of prices paid for the various classifications and grades of cattle sold in the Fort Worth Livestock Market during 1952; a comparison of 1951-1952 prices showing a sharp decline in the price of all grades and classifications which began in June of 1952; and an examination of some of the major factors contributing to the decline in cattle prices as reflected in the Livestock Market, Fort Worth, Texas. From a study of cattle prices that prevailed in the Fort Worth market during 1951 and 1952, and a consideration of some of the factors contributing thereto, the following conclusions are drawn: First, prices of all grades of cattle soared to unusually high levels during 1951, thereby accentuating the drop in price which occurred in the latter part of 1952. Second, the withholding of cattle from slaughter, during a cattle build-up process, rather than a scarcity of cattle in this country was primarily responsible for extremely high prices in 1951. Third, cattle production in this country has progressed in cycles of eight to ten years duration of each; the period under consideration was on the build-up side of the present cycle which began in 1949; and …
Date: June 1953
Creator: Baker, Henry Grady
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Concha Espina's Basic Concepts as Revealed Through the Outstanding Characters in Her Novels and Short Stories (open access)

Concha Espina's Basic Concepts as Revealed Through the Outstanding Characters in Her Novels and Short Stories

This thesis is based on a study of the basic concepts of Concha Espina de Serna as revealed through the outstanding characters in ten of her novels and five volumes of short stories: Despertar para morir(1910), Agua de nieve (1911), La esfinge maragata(1914), La rosa de los vientos (1916), Ruecas de marfil(1917), El metal de los muertos (1920), Dulce Nombre(1921), El cáliz rojo(1923), Tierras del Aquilón (1924), El príncipe del cantar(1929?), Altar mayor (1926), Llama de cera(1927), La virgen prudente(1929), Candelabro(1933), and. La floor de ayer(1934).
Date: June 1954
Creator: Barker, Ray Lloyd
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Role of Local Law Enforcement Agencies in Dealing with Juvenile Delinquency (open access)

The Role of Local Law Enforcement Agencies in Dealing with Juvenile Delinquency

This thesis discusses the history of law enforcement and the role of local law enforcement agencies dealing with juveniles and juvenile delinquency.
Date: June 1956
Creator: Beckham, Harold Grady
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of Instructional Aids Available for Use in Teaching Automobile Mechanics and the Development of Additional Instructional Aids Suitable for Use in Teaching Automobile Mechanics in Industrial Arts at the Secondary Level (open access)

An Evaluation of Instructional Aids Available for Use in Teaching Automobile Mechanics and the Development of Additional Instructional Aids Suitable for Use in Teaching Automobile Mechanics in Industrial Arts at the Secondary Level

The purposes of this study are sixfold. They are as follows: 1. To study the various recommended courses of study for automobile mechanics and to ascertain the units of learning that are most commonly taught. 2. To obtain the various instructional aids that are available from the automotive industry to industrial arts teachers for use in teaching automobile mechanics at the secondary school level. 3. To develop suitable criteria for use in evaluating those instructional aids that are available. 4. To evaluate the instructional aids available in order to determine their probable effectiveness and practicability in teaching automobile mechanics. 5. To determine if there are instructional aids that can be developed and used by the instructor that are not available from commercial sources. 6. If there are instructional aids that can be developed but which are not available, one of the purposes of this study is to prepare plans and specifications for the construction of such aids.
Date: June 1954
Creator: Belknap, Alfred Rudy
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Advertising Art in Eight Retail Stores of Fort Worth Texas (open access)

An Analysis of the Advertising Art in Eight Retail Stores of Fort Worth Texas

It is the purpose of this thesis to acquaint the reader with the various systems, materials, and people who produce the art , in order to evaluate it and to pass on the results of its research to others who may find it useful in acquainting themselves with the advertising field.
Date: June 1951
Creator: Bradford, Johnny Paul
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Correspondence-improvement Program at Great American Reserve Insurance Company Dallas, Texas (open access)

An Analysis of the Correspondence-improvement Program at Great American Reserve Insurance Company Dallas, Texas

A preliminary purpose of this study in the area of business communications was that of determining the status of correspondence improvement in stock life insurance companies in Dallas. However, the major purpose, which stemmed from the preliminary one, was to study intensively the approach used in Great American.
Date: June 1954
Creator: Brock, Luther A.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Retail Trading Area of Denton, Texas (open access)

A Study of the Retail Trading Area of Denton, Texas

"The purpose of this study is to find what information is available from secondary sources on retail trade areas and to assemble and analyze it so that the information will be of value to those interested in the economy of the area...the following general conclusions are drawn: 1. The Denton retail trade area is primarily agricultual. Indicators of this fact are so many and so definite that there is little doubt but that agriculture and the rural population of the area will affect, to a considerable extent all business activity. 2. In 1947, the Denton retail trade area was not highly industrialized. The trading center is not centrally located within the state of Texas, but several markets are a few miles away. A good supply of labor is available within the area. With the present trend toward decentralization of industry, these facts point toward an expansion of manufacturing in the trade area. 3. In 1948, retailing in the trade center and in the area as a whole indicates a strong retail trade center. 4. The fact that the retail trade center would be a good sampling area for companies introducing new products is indicated by the youth of the population …
Date: June 1951
Creator: Brooks, John M.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Survey of Health Programs in Texas High Schools of 50 to 500 Enrollment (open access)

A Survey of Health Programs in Texas High Schools of 50 to 500 Enrollment

The purposes of this study are: (1) to provide a history of school health programs; (2) to secure from authorities in the field an idea of what constitutes a good school health program; (3) to examine present programs in Texas Public High Schools of 50 to 500 enrollment in order to determine the nature of activities being carried on; (4) to show how programs are organized, administered, and financed; and (5) to point out existing deficiencies and to offer recommendations for improving present programs based upon the most successful and outstanding patterns.
Date: June 1959
Creator: Brown, Jimmy Dillon
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quadratic Forms (open access)

Quadratic Forms

This paper shall be mostly concerned with the development and the properties of three quadratic polynomials. The primary interest will by with n-ary quadratic polynomials, called forms.
Date: June 1959
Creator: Cadenhead, Clarence Tandy
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Railroads of the South Before 1860 (open access)

Railroads of the South Before 1860

The purpose of this paper is to give a historical account of the railroad systems in the southern states prior to 1860.
Date: June 1950
Creator: Carter, James D.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dell Valley Review (Dell City, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 41, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 3, 1959 (open access)

Dell Valley Review (Dell City, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 41, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 3, 1959

Weekly newspaper from Dell City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 3, 1959
Creator: Chastain, E. S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dell Valley Review (Dell City, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 42, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 10, 1959 (open access)

Dell Valley Review (Dell City, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 42, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 10, 1959

Weekly newspaper from Dell City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 10, 1959
Creator: Chastain, E. S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dell Valley Review (Dell City, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 43, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 17, 1959 (open access)

Dell Valley Review (Dell City, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 43, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 17, 1959

Weekly newspaper from Dell City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 17, 1959
Creator: Chastain, E. S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dell Valley Review (Dell City, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 44, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 24, 1959 (open access)

Dell Valley Review (Dell City, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 44, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 24, 1959

Weekly newspaper from Dell City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 24, 1959
Creator: Chastain, E. S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Development of an Objective Approach to the Measurement and Improvement of Aural Discrimination in Music (open access)

The Development of an Objective Approach to the Measurement and Improvement of Aural Discrimination in Music

The purpose of this experiment is therefore (1) to design a test to measure the skill of a heterogeneous group of college music students and (2) to administer and evaluate an aural training program which could be used to develop efficiently aural intelligence. The students used in this experiment were intentionally chosen with varying abilities in order to permit comparisons. A careful record was kept of their ages, musical experiences, major instruments (voice, piano, violin, and other orchestral instruments), amount of training, skill and technique, and theory grades.
Date: June 1951
Creator: Commander, Margie M. (Margie Marie)
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Contribution of Scholarship Toward an Understanding and Appreciation of Chaucer (open access)

The Contribution of Scholarship Toward an Understanding and Appreciation of Chaucer

In the more than five hundred years since the death of Geoffrey Chaucer, scholars have labored steadfastly to bring to light early criticisms of the poet's works, comments on his life and the customs of his time, and any recorded facts that would contribute in any way toward a better understanding and appreciation of the Canterbury Tales, the poet's life, and the practices of his age. It is the purpose of this study to show this contribution of scholarship; and the writer has relied heavily upon the publications made by T. R. Lounsbury, Caroline Spurgeon, and F. N. Robinson, each of whom has brought together the results of scholarship up to his own time and without whose works this writer's task would have been impossible.
Date: June 1954
Creator: Cundiff, Virginia Riggs
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Jefferson Davis and the Confederate Governors (open access)

Jefferson Davis and the Confederate Governors

One facet of the problem of state rights within the Confederacy is revealed through a study of the relations between President Davis and the war governors. As a means of investigating those relationships this study considers their attempts to solve several major problems. This work seeks to discover the degree of co-operation which existed between the President and governors and to establish what effect this co-operation or lack of it had on the failure of the states to support many important central government policies. It also seeks to determine what influence those relationships had on the outcome of the war.
Date: June 1959
Creator: Daniel, Arthur Gordon
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gustav Holst as a Choral Composer: His Life, Factors Influencing His Compositions, His Place in English Music, and a Consideration of the Principal Stylistic Elements of His Choral Music (open access)

Gustav Holst as a Choral Composer: His Life, Factors Influencing His Compositions, His Place in English Music, and a Consideration of the Principal Stylistic Elements of His Choral Music

"An amiable personality, not himself an unusually passionate man, HoIst has excited more violent passions than any other contemporary English composer. How difficult he is to assess as a creative artist is perhaps indicated by the extraordinary fluctuations in his reputation." For a number of years he was completely unknown and ignored, living a quiet and unhurried life as an obscure teacher. Then with a momentary flash, after outstanding works such as "The Planets," and the "Ode to Death," he was caught up in a wave of public approval that made him, for a time, the recipient of national and even international honors. He was awarded the gold medal by the Royal Philharmonic Society, was made a Fellow of the Royal Col.ege of Music, and was offered honorary degrees by American universities.
Date: June 1959
Creator: Daugherty, Leonard Valson
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Human Relations in a Dormitory Situation (open access)

A Study of Human Relations in a Dormitory Situation

"The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the social interaction and the social dynamics which existed in one section of the Men's quadrangle at North Texas State College, giving particular attention to the attraction and repulsion between roommates."--1.
Date: June 1953
Creator: Dreyer, Arnold H.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library